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Henry McBride letters to Mary Peddle Peckham
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Title
Henry McBride letters to Mary Peddle Peckham, 1898-1901.
Physical Description
0.21 linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Notes
Includes transcriptions of all thirteen letters, as well as a chart characterizing the contents and individuals mentioned in twelve of them.
In English.
Provenance
Gift of Carlotta Hayes, 2022.
Organization
Arranged chronologically.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Henry McBride (1867-1962), art critic, wrote for The New York Sun, 1913-49, The Dial, 1920-1929, and The Art News, 1950-59. He also edited Creative Art, 1928-32, wrote Matisse (1928), and contributed introductions and biographical sketches to exhibition and sale catalogs.
Mary Peddle Peckham, born to Charles Rugan Peddle and Mary Elizabeth (Ball) Peddle of Indiana, married Paul Tyler Peckham (1884-1969) in 1911.
Summary
Thirteen autograph letters, ten initialed or signed, written when McBride and Peddle were in their early 20s and McBride resided in New York and taught at the Educational Alliance. Letters discuss music, art, Mary's stage name, daily activities, family, and friends, among other topics. Letters mention Mary's sister, the sculptor Caroline Peddle Ball, Mary's brother John B. Peddle, friends of McBride's, including Bryson Burroughs and Dudley Carpenter, members of the Pugh family, and many others.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 05, 2022
References
Henry McBride Letters to Mary Peddle Peckham. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Henry McBride Letters to Mary Peddle Peckham. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Occupation
Art critics United States.
Artists United States.
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